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Banking the World
Experts report on the latest research on extending access to financial services to the 2.5 billion adults around the world who lack it.About 2.5 billion adults, just over half the …
Youth Mental Health
Experts discuss the potential of early intervention to transform outcomes for people with mental disorders.Mental illness represents one of the largest disease burdens worldwide, …
Empire of Convicts
Empire of Convicts focuses on male and female Indians incarcerated in Southeast Asia for criminal and political offenses committed in colonial South Asia. From the seventeenth …
Experimental Conversations
Discussions of the use and limits of randomized control trials, considering the power of theory, external validity, gaps in knowledge, and what issues matter.The practice of …
The Chinese Pursuit of Happiness
What defines "happiness," and how can we attain it? The ways in which people in China ask and answer this universal question tell a lot about the tensions and challenges they face …
Why I Like This Story
Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or …
International Communications Strategy
International Communications Strategy is about the cross-cultural challenges currently facing PR practitioners. Offshoring, globalisation and the rise of China and India have been …
Re-enchanting Modernity
In Re-enchanting Modernity Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing …
Eight Outcasts
The 1949 Communist Revolution marked a period of earthshaking change in China. Political, economic, ideological, and cultural movements galvanized the country, culminating in …
Age of Empires
The first in-depth exploration of the artistic and cultural achievements of China’s “classical” era Age of Empires presents the art and culture of China during one of the most …
The Limited Raj
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them …
The Price of Linguistic Productivity
An investigation of how children balance rules and exceptions when they learn languages.All languages have exceptions alongside overarching rules and regularities. How does a young …